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Economic Update: “There Is No Recovery … and the Policy Is Not Working”

Richard D. Wolff gives an economic update on Janet Yellen, minimum wages, Twitter, the Cuba trade embargo, and more.

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Updates on Janet Yellen, minimum wages, Twitter, and the Cuba trade embargo. Major discussions of a bankruptcy inside Mondragón and “private” universities that aren’t. Response to questions on full employment and inflation.

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